Ha ha ha. I spent time this morning doing the following (fellow public and private law librarians around the state do the same, just about every day): 1)…
Search Results for: label/Juvenile law
Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law and Oregon Parents
Maybe it’s my bent sense of pathos and bathos, but I’ve found Nebraska’s safe haven law dilemma both incredibly heartbreaking and (darkly) humorous. The sadness is for both the…
Washington State and California Legal Research Tips
If you have a Washington or California state legal research or resource question, and especially if you’re new to legal research, check out that state’s law libraries legal research…
Human Composting Law: Oregon 2021 HB 2574 (Effective July 1, 2022)
…testimony, and related analysis at the OLIS website. The bill was signed into law by Governor Kate Brown on June 15, 2021. [An Oregon Law citation (i.e. the Chapter number)…
Funeral Law in Oregon
It’s not enough to sort out the papers, the wills, the taxes, the trusts, the long-lost relatives; you also need to think about burial and funerals. The law…
Baseball Law!
Who couldn’t use a book on Baseball Law? We sure could here in the Portland-metro area. A summary of what you’ll find in “The Little White Book of Baseball…
Law dot Gov: Maybe? Finally? Soon?
An idea whose time has come, maybe, soon: Law.Gov: A Proposed Registry and Repository of All Primary Legal Materials of the United States PACER, CRS, eCourt, eFiling, caselaw, statutes,…
Public Domain and those “Can I Copyright a ‘PowerPoint’ Presentation?’ Questions
…one can copyright the content of a PowerPoint presentation. See how complex this can get? You can always ask an expert, e.g. a lawyer who specializes in copyright law,…
Read ’til your lips hurt: 25 greatest law novels…ever! (ABA Journal)
From the ABA Journal, August 1, 2013, post: “25 greatest law novels…ever!” “The ABA Journal has been exploring a fascinating romance between lawyers and popular culture. We’ve traced this…
“Is it legal?” in the Library
The most popular reference question people ask librarians, both law and public librarians, is “is it legal?” Is it legal for me to copy this DVD, is it legal…
Oregon Legal Research Blog

